Legal Opinion
United States v. James Dixon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2015No. 14-10318PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
James Dixon pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Upon conviction, and at sentencing, the district court found that Dixon had three prior convictions for “violent felonies,” as defined by the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B): two robbery convictions under California Penal Code (“CPC”) § 211 and one assault-with-a-deadly-weapon conviction under Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) § 200.471. As a result, the district court sentenced Dixon to 15 years of imprisonment, the mandatory…
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